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NITED STATES PATENT FFICE PRINTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,592, dated July 3,1888.

Application filed March .23, 1887. Serial No. 232,175. (No model.)Patented in England February 19, 1886, No. 2,438.

T0 01% whom it may concern:

Be .it known that I, DAVID GARLAW, asubject of the Queen of England,residing at Glas- 1886,)01' which the following is a specification.

My said invention has'reference to a special construction ofprinting-machine and to eertain combinations of its parts for printingthe paper (or thin mill-board) in or from the roll or web while passingthrough the machineintermittently into short bills or circulars orintosmall sheets for being made up into drapers or similar counterl'oilcheckbooks, or into books or sets of pawn-tickets,or railway,steamboat,tramway, or other tickets, either printed on one or both sides, and tonumbering these sheets or tickets in one or more parts with the samecorresponding numbers, (for making up the book or sets of sheets) asfrom 1 to 100 or 1 to 1,000, and then perforating them longitudinally inthe proper parts, (for tearing them apart from each other and makingthem up into their separate sets,) and then finally cutting them offtransversely into their separate sheets and deliver, and it might befold, them all in their numerical order and place them over each otherall before leaving the machine, so that they can be carried away in setsby hand to be stitched up into books orscts ready for use. ll/Iyimprovedmachine will save much time and labor in the production of this class ofwork as compared with the present modes and means of doing so inseparate machines, while several of the lll'lPlOVGlllGlltS orcombinations of the mechanism of this improved machine for the separateoperations are applicable to other printing-machines; and in order thatthe nature and novelty of my said invention and the manner of performingor carrying the same into effect or practice may be properly understood,I have hereunto appended l'oursheets of explanatory drawiugs,in whichthe same reference letters andnu'merals are used to indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures where shown.

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Figure 1 is a complete side elevation, the feeding mechanism and gearingbeing indicated by letters 9 g, &c., of a letterpress printingmachineconstructed all in accordance with one modification or arrangement of myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same machine corresponding to Fig.l; and Fig. 3 is asectional plan or horizontal view taken near the line1 1 in Fig. 1, corresponding to Figs. 1 and 2, showing the main lowerand first motion-transmitting shafts, B G O, and gearing O O O of themachine, from which all the other motions of the machine are takensequentially, as will hereinafter be described. Fig. 4 is a completetransverse vertical section of the machine as taken on thelineZ 2011Fig. 1, looking from the back or feeding-in end, P, of the machine, andshowing the arrangement of numbering chain and frame F f and theinkingmechanism f 0 c c", which print the sequential numbers on the upper sideofthe tickets or sheets in the web of paper, P, passing under them. Fig.5 is a transverse vertical section, as taken on line 3 3 on Fig. 1, ofthe upper part of the machine, looking from the front delivery end,Qflshowing the arrangement of the under and upper feeding transversespindles,H H,with their feeding-rollers if h" and longitudinalcutting-disks h h in front; and Fig. 6 is also a front section taken online 4 4 on Fig. 1, showing the transverse cutting-knives L L andactuating mechanism therefor 1PM N. Fig. 6 shows a side view of aportion of knife L. Fig. 7 shows a transverse section of the same astaken on line 6 6 Figs. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 are detail views of thedifferent parts.

Referring to the drawings, my invention and its improvements are asfollows: As applied to a machine for performing the said class of workin sequential operations and in which the printing is done principallyon the upper side of the web of paper,]?, (indicated in dotted lines inFigs. 1 and 2,) the side frame of the machine consists of two main sideframes, A, well bound together by transverse frames and stays A, securedto any suitable foundation at Z, below, and at A where the paper, P,passes through it, so that the attendant could see that the severaloperations are being performed properly, but having special parts ofthese frames A, or additional standards or frames, A A, secured on thetop of the frames A and carried higher up to support the numbering andprinting mechanism, as will hereinafter be described. The first motiondriving-shaft, B, is preferably mounted transversely in 11 lumber-blocksB in or secured to the lower part of the side frames,A,toward or nearestthe end of the machine where the paper, P, is fed in, and is driven by abelt passing over fast and loose pulleys B on its one end, (shifted onthese by the belt fork and handle B and carried in a specialbearing-block, B, outside the framing for that purpose, and also fittedwith a fly-wheel, B. This first motion-shaft, B, gives motion through atrain of spur-wheels, G G 0 to the other shafts, O" O", (and counter orsupplementary shafts,) all mainly carried in bearing-blocks C in thelower part of the frame. These shaftsBand G 0 give and transmit all thenecessary intermittent rotative or reciprocating motions to the severalspindles above, all in times to suit their different operations duringthe intervals of the motion of the paper, P, forward and during itsstoppages. Crank or eccentric-disk pins D are fitted on the oppositeends of the shaft 0', and vertical connecting-rods D are fitted on eachside of and connected above to the spindle E of the raising and loweringprinting cylinder or bowl E and its pitch-chains E and wheels E foractuating the inking-rollers E and their rotating frame all over thefixed platen B. These two shafts O" 0 have segmental weights 0 mountedon them on the opposite sides to the crank-pins D to balance the weightof the bowl 1!) and its inking mechanism, as also the weight of theframe F and its chain numbering and printing mechanismf. lJccentric-pins I) and vertical connecting-rods D are also arranged onthe shaft 0 on opposite sides of the machine for raising and loweringthe frame F, carrying the upper sequential numbering printingcliainaf,and mechanism, while longitudinal angular connecting-rods g g from onecommon eccentric or disk crank-pin, G, on a lower short spindle-axis, G,carried in a bracket, G, at the lower part of the front side frame,A, inFig.1, and actuated by spur-wheels G G from the second motion-shaft, 0,would give the forward feeding motion through ratchet-levers g, pawlsand ratchet-wheel g, and transmitting-gearing g, and changegearing g tothe entering and delivery rollers p p and h h" of the paper, P, at theentering and delivering end of the machine, respectively.

The different lengths of paper,P, required to be fed forward accordingto the size of the sheets or tickets being printed are regulated byshifting the throw of the crank-pin G and the pins in the slottedratchet-levers all carried on suitable fixed and shifting studcenters onthe frame A, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, and by changing the sizes of theintermediate change spur-wheels,

Corresponding change-wheels, and are used to give motion to the shafts HH through their connecting-wheels H, which, by the transmitting-wheels JJ also give motion to the spindlesjj of the longitudinal perforatinglower and upper disks, jiffy, as also the feeding rollers If h", mountedon the spindles H H, which are carried in brackets H near the upperdelivery end of the frames A, with standards I and cross-rail 1 above,having setscrews 1 in it for regulatlng the pressure on the rollers h hand the paper, P, passing be tween them, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. Thespindle P of the roll of paper, P, is placed in bearing-brackets at theback end of the side frames, A, and the end ofpaper Pled forward overthe ratchet-controlled feed-roller p, preferably having bands ofindia-rubber on it at 17 (see Fig. 2) and fitted with a small loosemetal roller, 1)", resting on it in open hearingbrackets 19. To guidethe paper, P, forward evenly into the machine from the roll P anarrangement of shifting-lever 0 is fitted and carriedin a bracket, 0, atone side of the frame A close to the spindle P so that one end of thelever 0 is carried in a bracket, 0, and works between two collars, 0 onthe spindle, while its other end is actuated by the hand screw and wheel0", passed through a swiveling nut in a bracket, 0, secured to the sideof the frame A, so that by turning the hand screw-wheel 0, the spindle Pand its roll of paper, P, can be set and adjusted to pass evenly throughthe machine and through the adjustable guide-collars 1 on the firstguide spindle or bar, q. rollers 1) p the paper, P, is led over aspindle, q, at the upper back end of the frames A' A, to be drawnforward at this horizontal height the proper distance required at eachtime by the ratchet-gear and rollers 7L2 h and disks j f y in front, aswill hereinafter be described. To prevent undue strain on the paper, P,between the front rollcrs, h It, and the rear ones, 1) p", a deephanging loop of the paper, P, is left in front of the latter with alightround metal rod lyingin it at P, which gives proper tension to the paperpassing through the machine and gives it off or takes it up more orless, according to any little difference in the feed.

At the feeding or rear end of the machine room is left for fittingafirst printing'bowl, E, with its flat type-recess on top and rotatinginking-rollers and drivingshaft below the latter and platen R above it.Then the paper has to be printed or numbered on the under as well as onthe top side, the number-printing mechanism and chains F f are arrangedand actuated in a reverse manner under the paper to that shown over thepaper as actuated by the conncctingrods D from the crank-pins D on theends of the shaft 0. This shaft C also actuates this under numberingprinting mechanism, F f, by two eccentrics and eccentricrods, S, andbeam-levers S, fulcrumed on studs S", carried by brackets S on the lowerpart of the side frames, A, the rear ends of the levers S From thesefeed-- being connected by links at S to the frame F to reciprocate it inreverse manner to the frame F and print the numbers upward while thelatter is printing them downward on the un der and upper surfaces of thepaper, respectively, and while the paper is stationary, this frame Fworking in slotted guide-frames F secured on the inside of the sideframes, A. This under numbering chain printing mech anism is completelycounterbalanced by the upper chain printing mechanism, and is actuatedin an equivalent but inverted manner to that of the upper chain printingmechanism on its platen it, as indicated in Fig. 10, and itsinking-serving mechanism. Thepaper is drawn forward by the rollers h Itfrom the said top guide-spindle, Q, under the firststationary platen, R,over and under guidespindles q q'fito have the numbers here printed onits under, side and then over the stationary platen R of thenumber-printing chain mechanism f and its reciprocating frame F above,and then over the platen R of the letterpress printing-bowl E and itsinking-rollers E, which are both carried and reciprocated over thepaper, Rand actuated by the side rods, D

and D, and transverse shafts O 0 respect ively. The paper, P, is thencedrawn forward in sequence through between the disks j, which, thoughthey divide the printed sheets transversely, traverse the paper, P,longitudinally in front of the bowl-printing mechan ism E and somedistance behind the rollers If h. The spindles j j of the disksj j areactuated by the train of wheels J from the wheel H of the lowercutter-spindle, H, in the same direction and at the same speed. From thedrawing'rollers h h the paper, P, is passed on through a pair of smallservice-rollers, i t, on each side of and close to thevertically-reciprocating transverse paper-cutting knife L K and itsgripping-bar L carried in the standards K over and across the paper, P,at the front delivery end of the machine, from the front rollers, t", ofwhich the sheets while being out are received and held and thendelivered individually and successively as cut by the twosets ofdelivery rollers and bands H in front of the cutter onto the deliveryplatform and stops Q in front at Q", where they are delivered insequence over each other as numbered ready for being removed and boundor folded, as will hereinafter be de scribed.

My improvements as applied to this printing-machine for printing thenumbers sequentially and automatically, as stated-say on three differentdivisions of the sheet, for counter-foil checkbooks having threecomplete sheets printed in the width, as shown in Fig. 9consist inerecting some distance behind the letter-press printing mechanism anopen rectangular vertical frame, F, right across the machine, to bereciprocated some inches up and down in slotted guides above and belowin the standard-frames A erected over the top flange, A of the frames Aby connectingrods D*. This frame F is adjustable in height and hasmounted on it in adjustable bearingbrackets F two horizontal spindles, F-one, F below, and the latter, F above; but there might be any number ofthese spindles, if desired. The spindles F F*have as manypolygonalpitch-chain pulleys f and pitch-chainsf mounted on these as is requiredfor numbering the sets of sheets or ticketsT in the width of the paper,P, which are three, as shown in Fig. 9, and the pulleysf are properlyadjusted and secured on the spindles F F by set-screws or otherequivalent in position across to print the numbers on the paper to suitthat of the three divisions on the three sheets to be printed in thewidth at each movement. Each pitclr chain f, which is mounted on itscorrespond ing lower and upper pulleys f and shafts F F, has as manylinks as it is desired to have sets of sheets to be numbered to make upeach book (as, say, one hundred,) and the light shafts F above would begeared together by and adjusted to suit the lengths of the chains f upor down from the lower spindles, F on the same frame, F. Each chainfwould hare the numbering-type if, 1 to 100, formed or secured insuccession on its hundred links, and the frame F, with these spindles FF and chainsf, would be reciprocated up and down by the connecting-rodsD at each side of the machine, worked by eccentric-pins D from disks orcranks or other equivalent on the transverse shaft G, rotated inbearings G in the lower part of the side frames, A, by the spurwheels 0O, regulated at the proper time to print the numbers in succession eachtime the frame F, with printingchainsf, descended, while thepaper, P,and its drawing-rollers p and h h were standing still and the type-printing bowl mechanism E was also printing an other set of sheetspreviously numbered, and in front of those being numbered, as stated, onthe top side. The first down motion of the frame ofnumber-ing-chainsfwould printacross the machine a row of figures, 1, thesecond a row of figures, 2, and so on up to 100, when a new set wouldbegin again and go on auto-.

matically, as illustrated in Fig. 9, showing a cross-row of numbers 1and 2 as printed and cutoff. Each time the frame F of numberingchainsfrises after printing, the whole set of chains is turned by aratchet-wheehf on their lower spindle, F (shown in Fig. 10,) and a pawlor lever mechanism at O fixed on the inside of the stationary frame A,to the extent of a single tooth and type-link, t, to print the numbersin succession, as stated, and at each turn fresh ink would be served byantomatically-acting inking-rollers f mounted on frame F or enteringside of the chainsf onto the printingsurface of the chain of figures ornumbers, and as the frame F rose the inkingrollers f would come againstaset of stationary revolving inkserving rollers,f*, above and receivefresh ink. This ink-serving rollerf is actuated by a band, I), from apulley, b, actuated by a crossbelt, b", from the first motionshaft, 13,as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. This serving-rollcrf' receives itsink from a serving ink-box, 6, through the delivery-roller e, actuatedby a ratchet-pawl and lever, 6 each time the frame F is reciprocated.From the roller 6 a certain quantity of ink would be served by a smallroller, 6, carried on a bellcrank lever, 6 on a spindle, a", to theservicerollersf". This spindle and bell-crank lever is actuated byaconnecti llg-l0(],6, attached to the frame F, at each reciprocation.When the sections of tickets T to be printed in the width of the paper,P, are short and too numerous to allow of the figures being printed fromone transverse row of figure-printing chainsf, mounted on one set ofshafts, F F", the two or more sets of upper and lower shafts, F F, withthe chain wheels f and their numberingchainsf, mounted on these, may beused as described and ranged behind at a regulated distance to print andnumber the second or alternate tickets T on the back rows, while thechainsf on the spindles F F" would print and number the first and everyalternate ticket in its row. \Vhen the shafts F F and chains f are used,each set will print every third ticket T in their respective rows, sothat the whole of the tickets in every row would be correspondinglynumbered when the last set of chainsf had printed their numbers.

When it is found difficult to make the pitch chains f with sufficientlinks for the numbers required in a set to take in the requisite seriesof figures, then each chain fmight be made shorter with a lower seriesof figures on it, as, say, each set rising by fifty, the first chaiufprinting its set of tickets T from 1 up to 50, inclusive, the secondfrom 51 to 100, and the third from 101 to 150, and so on to as high aseries of numbers as may be desired.

The roller f, for inking the numberingtype on the face of thenumbering-chainsff, is shifted to and fro on end by a small spanner, t,secured on one end of the spindle of the roller 1', fitted with aswiveling segment which takes into the thread of a short right and lefthanded cross cut screw-barrel, 25-, secured on the end of the spindle Fof the printing chain rollers Ff, so as to cause the inkingroller f totraverse to and fro and serve the ink from a different part of therollerf onto the type t, as seen in Figs. 2 and 4.

The chainsf might have their figure-printing type t cut on them orsecured on them, as shown in Fig. 10, to print and read longitudinallyor transversely on the paper, P, or ticket T, in the manner described,and when required they could have ind ex letters or numerals made toprint along with the successive numbers. The ehainsf, with theirprinting-letters, would print down on the top of the paper, preferablyeach over a small spring printingbolster, 0, mounted on shiftingbrackets O on the top of the platen R or on the under side of the platenB, so as to be shifted on their spindles F F to any position the chainswere shifted laterally across the machine and web of paper, as

also the service inking-rollersf on their spindles, all as particularlyshown on Fig. 4, and

- so as to print the corresponding numbers on the under side of thepaper on the duplicate sheets to be folded, as shown in dotted lines,Fig. 9. A small enlarged detailed side and edge view of the chain f andits spring-bolster 0 is shown inverted in Fig. 10 for printing on theunder side of the paper, P.

From the numbenprinting mechanism the paper,P, with all the sheetsnumbered in succession, passes on to the letter-press printing mechanismover a strong transverse platen, R, secured in the top of the sideframes, A, below it and under the vertically-reciprocated printingcylinder or bowl E, mounted on sliding bushes s in the slotted standardsA, erected over the upper flange,A ,of the side frames, A, and actuatedby adjusting vertical connecting rods D, attached at their upper ends tothe opposite ends of the axle E of the printingbowl E, projectingthrough their bushes. To adjust the length of the paper, P, between theupper and under number and letter -press printing mechanism to suit thesize of sheets and position of the numbers and letter-press on thepaper, aspindle, tl,lS mounted in bearings across the upper sides of theframing above or below the paper, with two end levers, d, inside, butbeyond the edges of the web ofpaper, with a spindle, (P, on the extremeend of these levers d. This spindle d is brought up under the paperordown over the top of the paper, so as to bend it down into a loop, andso take up any desi red exact length ofpaper to adjust it to suit wherethe letter-press is required to be printed,andthis action of raising andlow ering the spindle d is effected by a lever, d, on the end of eachspindle d, outside the frame, actuated by small screw-spindles andhandwheels at, which turn the spindle d as required. Small shiftingringsof india-rubber are mounted on the spindle d set to roll on the paperbetween the newly-printed numbers, so as not tosmear either the paper orthe rollers.

The improvements connected with the inking mechanism of thetype-printing cylinder or bowl E, which does not revolve, consist inrotating the frame E* on a hollow spindle, s, carrying theinking-rollers E round the spindle E of the bowl E by twovertically-actuated pitch-chains, E passed over a chainwheel, E on thedriving-spindle s of the opposite end disks of this frame E2 mounted onthe opposite ends of the spindle E of the bowl E, above and over aneccentric chain wheel, (4, below, carried on ashort spindle, a, of aspurwheel, a", carried in brackets a inside the lower part of the framesA, the wheels a being actuated by corresponding spur-wheels, a, on theshaft 0* at the lower part of the frames. Each pitch-chain E thus risesand falls vertically with the printing-bowl E and its inking rollers E,which it drives round the bowl while the latter is in its raisedposition to ink the type under it on its lower face over the platen B.To compensate for the slacking of the chains at the different positionsof their eccentric action, a loose horizontally-acting anti-frictionpulley, c, fixed on a reciprocating rod, 0, on the inside of each frameA, with helical or other spring 0 attached to it, is mounted within theloop of the chains E near the center, which always takes up the slack ofits chain, thus keeping it always tight for the proper driving of theinkingrollers E 011 both sides, so that if one chain E was to give wayin the working no smash of the printing mechanism could happen by theinking-roller E or its rotating frame E stopping under the type whilethe printing action was taking place.

A stationary segmental cam,E ,is secured on the sliding bushes of thespindle E at each end of the machine to shift the inkingrollers Etransversely while revolving, so that they may ink the type each time.The ink is served onto the rollers E at each rising action ofthe bowl bythe connecting-rod 7t actuating the slotted lever ft" on the end of thespindle k carrying a service pilot inkingroller, k by two levers, andwhich obtains ink from the upper feed-roller, 7a, of the feedinkingvessel k fitted on top of thestandards A over the bowl, thefeed-roller h being turned by a ratchetwheel and pawl, k, andconnecting-rod k ,connected to the spinde E of the bowl E on theopposite side to the connectingrod 7t. WVhen transverse rows ofperforations are required across or partially across the paper orindividual sheets or tickets or these have to be cut, this is done afterthey have been numbered and printed with the letter-press by erectingbetween the printing-bowl E and rollers h it two transverse spindles. jj, in bearing-brackets j, attached to the side frames, A, the one belowand the other above the paper, P, the lower one with a roller preferablymade of double disks j, with a very narrow annular sharp groove betweenthem on the periphery fixed on their shafts under the paper, P, eX-

actly where this has to be perforated or partially cut longitudinally,(or across the num bered and printed. sheets T, Fig. 9,) and by fittingthin steel disks y in corresponding disks,j ,on the spindle withfinesharp-edged teeth round their periphery set to enter and revolve ashort distance into the space between the disks j below, so as toperforate or partially separate the paper, P, according to the depth towhich the perforating-cutters j" j* j are set to work into eachother,while it is tangentially carried forward to the cutting-edges ofthese disks by the rollers h h as seen in the details in Fig. 8. Theserevolving perforatingcutters j 7' thus partially cross-cut the numberedand printed sheets T to the desired length, only perforating them acrossat the parts T,where they have to be kept attached for easy separationafterward, or where they have to be folded into check-books or for otherpurposes, as shown in detail in Fig. 9.

The spindles H H of the rollers h h are mounted very similarly to thoseof the cutting perforating-disks 7' j, some little distance in front ofthese in bearing-brackets H secured to the frames A and driven at thesame speed by the same train of spur-wheels,g g, and H, on their shaftsH and H, as seen in Fig. 5. The rollers h IL" are similarly mounted toshift on the spindles H H, and are made narrow and fitted to grip theclean parts of the paper, 1?, and sheets T between the fresh printedparts, so as not to smear these or the surface of the drawing-rollers]L2 h, especially the upper ones. Either the upper or the under rollers,h h may be fitted with an india-rubber or other equivalentgripping-covering.

To instantly stop the rollers h if, and their gearing and prevent unduedragging on the paper, 1?, (when the other parts of the machine arebeing stopped and give exact measurement and delivery to the sheets T tobe out by the cross-cutters L and gripping-bar L',) a brakelever, I, ismounted on a bracket, 1, secured to the front cross-frame, A, of themachine to act on the periphery of one of the drawingrollers, h", thislever being actuated by a connecting-rod and anti-friction roller on itat 1:, guided by its lower forked end on the shaft 0 and reciprocated bya cam, I, on this shaft, acting on the anti-friction roller at all atthe proper moment to stop the momentum of the drawing-rollers, as seenparticularly in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the accompanying drawings. Theactual cutters for cutting the paper, I, longitudinally into the properlengths or widths for the sheets T are preferably made in the form ofsharp-edge disks h h, mounted on the shafts H H, so as to be set to anydesired position to work with their sharp edges close up to each otherand cut the paper,P,into sheets of the required length or width, asshown in Figs. 2 and 3. Pressureis given on upper shaft by a'small bushon the point of each screw-spindle P, held by a hand screwnut aboveinthe slotted stay I, secured on the brackets I to the arrangement ofmechanism for cross-cutting the paper, P, and sheets T, separating theseindividually as finished, assisted by the set of feeding-rollers t t"immedi ately behind and in front of the cross-cutting knives L andgripping and cutting bars L, carried in the bearing-brackets K, andfixed transverse beam K, secured to the delivery I end of the sideframes, A, of the machine.

The improved construction and arrangement of the knife L and bars Lconsists in fitting near the front delivery end of the ma chine betweenthe main frames A close under the paper, P, on the beam K a strongcrossgripping and cutting bar, L, formedot' a fine sharp double-edgedtempered-steel plate, or separate plates may be secured on or in theupper face of the cross-beam K, having a very narrow slit between theirsharp edges for the same purpose. Over this cutting-bar L in thebrackets K, secured on the ends ot the side frames, A, is mounted insuitable slideguides in these brackets K a slightly reciprocating orrising and lowering cross-bar, K, having fitted and secured on its frontlower vertical surface a knife, L, which is preferably provided withsmall sharp serrated or angled lance or shark needle likecutting-teeth,\vhich in coming down enters the narrowsharp edged slit inthe bar L and gently cuts the paper, P, right across the whole set oftickets (previously cut longitudinally by the cutters h h) in a loosesingle thickness very smoothly without in the least drawing, tearing, orcreasing the paper more effectively than a sharp guillotineknife,although this might be used, when desired, for strong and heavy paper orlickets. On the back face of the block or bar K, carrying this bar L, anarrow slightly rising and falling spring-bar, L, is mounted, which bythe pressure'ofthe spiral springs L, mounled over it, is always presseddown, so that when the bar K"- is bronght down by a cam or other actionthis spring-bar L first comes down and grips the paper, 1?, or sheets Tacross the whole width before the knife L comes down to cut the paper,the spring grippingbar L holding the paper the whole time by the elasticaction of the springs during the cutting action. This downward motion ofthe bar K is effected by a cross-spindle, M, mounted in the brackets Kabove, with eccentric or cams M carried on it at each end, which, on thespindle M being oscillated by a lever, M at one end, come down onanti-friction rollers K, mounted in the upper ends of the bar K so as todepress it, and thus cut off each transverse row of sheets T fed forwardunder this cutting mechanism and knife L. The bar K is depressed againstthe power of a flat spring, N, which raises it by vertical pressers N toits normal highest position clear of the paper when relieved from thepressure of the cams M and allows the fresh sheets T of paper,l?,to passbetween the cutting-knives L and bar L. The spring N is secured and setto the desired pressure at the center by the screw-stud N to the underside of the cross-beam K, as seen in detail in Figs. 6, 6, and7. Thecam-spindle M is actuated by a connecting-rod, 0, attached to itsactuating slotted end lever, M above and at its lower end to acrank-pin,O,on a supplementary spindle, 0 carried on the bracket 0,secured to the front lower end of one of the side frames, A, andactuated by a spurwheel, 0, from a wheel, a, on the front maintransverse shaft, 0. The proper distance for cutting the sheets T of thepaper,l?,in front of the revolving cutters h h by the knife L and bar Lis effected by making the whole frame and brackets K K, carrying thecutters L L, to shift and be secured on the top A of the delivery end ofthe side frames, A, to suit the different sizes of sheets T fed forwardto be cut off and delivered. The feeding-forward and delivery rollers ii, close behind and in front of the knife L and bar L, described,areactuated from a double grooved pulley, Z on the spindle H of the upperrollers, h" h, or by the spindle H of the lower rollers by light crossedcords or hands i carried forward from these grooves and passed oversmall grooved rollers i, Fig. 52, on the spindles of the said underfeeding and delivery rollers i i, and over a grooved pulley attached toa movable helical or india-rubloer spring, 2' and other guide pulleyssecured to the bracket 1 projecting from the lower part of the frame Aof the machine and capable of regulation, all arranged in such a manneras to feed the paper,l ,forward steadily with the slightest degree oftension to keep it tight, but so that when the tension is exceeded, thebands slip on theirgrooved pulleys i" Z and prevent undue tension on thepaper. The front set of delivery rollers, z", deliver the cut sheetsinto the receiving-rollersZ of the delivery-rollers Z Z and bands ortapes over these. The under roller of the front delivery-rolls, Z, isdriven by a cross band Z from a small pulley, Z carried on a shortspindle and bracket, Z, from the front of the frame A. This small pulleyZ is driven by a large pulley on the same center by a crossband, Z, froma pulley, Z", on the front main driving-shaft, 0', all so as to deliverthe cut sheets T sequentially over each other as nu mbered, printed, andcut off onto the platform at Q, with knee-stops Q for receiving them andkeeping them all in line ready for being lifted away in sets of onehundred, or so for being stitched and bound up, as shown particularly inFigs. 1 and 2. When the sheets T, as for long or duplicate sheetcheckbooks, have to be folded, the separate cut-off sheets would bedelivered onto a special table different from that shown at Q, Q inFigs. 1 and 2, and when there were, say, three sheets cut in the widthof the paper, as shown in Fig. 9, each would be automatically laid ordelivered with the perforated part T in the sheets T where it had to befolded over or under a V- shaped groove or slot, U, in a table, U, ofthe folding mechanism. Above or below this groove or slot U and thepaper, P, placed over it a pair of drawing-in rollers, 12, would bemounted, which rollers would grip and completely fold each sheet as itwas creased and fed into them. One modification of this foldingarrangement of mechanism is illustrated detached in sectional side view,plan, and end View in Figs. 11, 12, and 13, showing one double pair ofthe folding and delivery rollers v and their bands 1), of which therewould be a set erected vertically over each folding V- shaped groove orslot U in the angled table U. This table U would be secured to the armsQ, (carrying the delivery-platform Q and stops Q in the machine shown inFigs. 1 and 2, and in place of this platform Q, when the sheets T are tobe folded as delivered) and would have the sheets T delivered onto itwith the perforated parts over the V-shaped grooves or slots in thetable U to be folded, as hereinafter described. Two sets of thedelivery-rollers '0 would be erected over each other with their verticalbands 12 passing over them a little wider below than above, right overand in line with each V-shaped groove or slot in the table U. Thespindles of these rollers 11 are carried in end frames, r", boltedtogether by stays o and by strong flanges o under the platform U at theend of the V-shaped grooves or slots U. The two lower rollers 1) of eachset have small spur-piniousuon them gearing into each other, and thelower rollers drive the upper rollers by the bands or tapes 0, and thespindle of one of the lower rollers '11 of each set is continued beyondthe front frame, o and its se curingflanges 22*, and is geared by a pairof bevel-wheels, u, to a transverse spindle, a", which drives the wholethree sets of folding and delivery rollers. One set only, however. ofthese rollers 12 is shown on the platform U in the plan view, Fig. 12.This transverse shaft 10 is driven by a pulley, a at its one end througha band, a, from a pulley, a", on the spindle of the pulleys Z at Z,which drives the delivery rollers and bands Z Z to deliver the sheets Tonto the platform U under the lower rollers 12 and their bands 12 to befolded up by thin knife-blades 10, mounted on a second transverseoscillatingspiudle, w, as a rocking lever-frame, with the knife-bladesto each projecting out under the folding grooves or slots U in theplatform U and adapted to pass through the same. The revolving spindle aand oscillating spindle w are both carried in j ournal-bearin g bracketsW, bolted to the arms Q, carrying the delivery'platform U,and a littiein front of this, and the spindle w is actuated by the oscillatinglever-arm 1.0 through a connectingrod, 10 from an eccentric, w", on thefront lower main revolving shaft, 0*. Thus the feeding-rollers v andtheir bands 12' are continually revolving, and the eccentric w andoscillating lever 20 are so set on their shafts that the knives w comeup through their grooves or slots U in the platform U and fold thesheets T over these at the perforated divisions T just after the set ofsheets T are delivered onto the platform U, the perforated divisions Tassisting the sheets to take the crease and fold on the k nivesw and becaught between the rollers 12 and bands vas the knives 10 rise. Theeccentric w andleverw' would taketheknivesw down outof their grooves orslots U in time before another set of cut sheets T were fed forward fromthe delivery-rollers Z on the platform U. The rollers o and their handsc then deliver the sheets T up over the top rollers 'v to one side orthe other onto a light platform, as shown in dotted lines at X, or downover and into an angled chute or other convenient receptacle, (asindicated at or on one side of the three sets of folding and deliveryrollers, and hands 11, indicated in Fig. 13,) all regularly over eachother in sequence as numbered, perforated, cut off, folded, and thusdelivered ready for being taken away by hand to be bound withoutrequiring any collating 'or arranging.

By a further improvement, which it is not necessary to illustrate, thisdoubling and feed ing in of the sheets T at the weak perforated parts Tinto the creasing and folding rollers a may be wholly done or assistedby a slight blast of air from the tube of a small bellows or blower forthe purpose fitted below the V knife-groove and lower folding-rollers a.

When it is desired to have letter-press printing done on the under sideof the tickets T, instead of printing numbers only with a duplicate setof the numbering chain mechanism, it is done by mounting in the spacewhere the under chain mechanism, Ff, has been shown an invertedarrangement of the reciprocating printing-bowl E in vertical slottedguides on the side frames, with its fiat type-face and printing-surfaceof the type on top,in this case reciprocated up toward the paper, P, andplaten R, which in this case may be mounted in swiveling hearings in theside frames close over the paper for printing. The bowl E would then bebrought sufficiently down be low the paper to allow the inking-frame Eofthe rollers E to clear it and ink the type on its upper fiat surfaceactuated by the improved arrangement of the pitch-chains E and theireccentric driving and spring compensating pitchchain pulleys a and 0,rod 0, and helical spring 0, all from an extra trausverse shaft belowand at the back of the first motionshaft, B, to which it would begeared, and actuatedas in the arrangement hereinbefore described fordoing the letter-press printing on the top surface of the paper andsheets after the numbers have been printed thereon by the specialarrangementof chain numbering mechanism Ff therefor.

In some cases, instead of printing the numbers by endless chains f, asbefore described, narrow-faced divided and figured disks may be used toso print the numbers on the sheets or tickets by mounting these disks onoscillating cross-spindles F and having pinchingscrews in their eyes forsetting and fixing them on their spindles in proper position, as andinstead of the numbering chain wheels f. These numbering disk-wheelswould be turned by a ratchet-wheel on their spindle one tooth at a timeby a pawl lever arrangement to bring each number in line to print on thepaper below, and the figure for the time-printing might do so through arecess in a thin guard on the lower side of the disk over the paper,by anarrow cross-padded bar platen, 0, below the paper, which would insurethe proper printing of the number brought into position without theadjacent figures on the disk touching the paper. Small numbering-wheelsof this character may be mounted on transverse spindles analogous tothose F and close to these for printing an index number or letter in addition to the regular sequential page-number and set and fixed bypinchingscrews on their spindles in any desired position overspringbolsters 0 of their own.

Having now particularly described the nature of my said invention and inwhat manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claimis 1. In an intermittentweb-printiug machine for printing sheets ortickets in sequence, the printingbowl E, for printing letter-press, the

shaft C, and side rod, I), for raising and lowering the same, the frameEZcarrying the in kin'g-rollers, the driving chain E compensating motiveeccentric, and spring take-up fitting, all substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. In a web-printing machine, the combination of two reciprocatingframes, each carrying a series of numeral-printing chains and arrangedone above and one below the web, with the reciprocating letter-pressprinting mechanism and the intermediate adjustable spindles registeringthe several impressions, substantially as described.

3. In a webprinting machine, the frames F, carrying numeral printingchains and arranged one above and one below the web, and the letterpressprinting mechanism, substantially as described, combined with thecrankshafts C Cfigeared together, the pitmcn D D S, and the lever S,substantially as described.

4. In a web-printing machine, the numeralprinting frames arranged aboveand below the web, and the letter-press printing mechanism, asdescribed, reciprocated by crank-shafts, pitmen, and levers, as setforth, in combination with the intermittingly-rotated cuttingdisks andperforating-wheels, and the cuttingknife, the cranlcdisk G, thepawl-andratchct vfeed geared to said disks and wheels, and the brakesecuring positive stop to the feed.

5. In a web-printing machine, the numeralprinting frames, the letterpress printingmechanism, as described, the cuttingdisks, perforatingwheels, and transverse cuttingknife, all intermittingly operated, as setforth, in combination with the series of folding frames mounted over theslotted table receiving the sheets, and the folding-blades workingthrough the table.

6. In an intermittent web-printing machine for printing and cuttingsheets or tickets, the endless driving-cord i, its grooved driving andguide pulley i i, for actuating the feeddelivery rollers 11 i, thecrosscutting knife mechanism, and the compensating andtension-regulating spring mechanism 1', substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereofI have hereto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

DAVID CARLA \V.

\Vitnesses:

A. PHILLIPS J osn, JOHN W'A'rsoN, Both of 183 St. Vincent Street,Glasgow, Clerks at Law.

